Plans are underway to produce Iowa State?s season-opening football game Aug. 31 against Northern Iowa, which could air on Mediacom?s Channel 22 or the Cyclones? new channel.

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A new cable channel dedicated to Iowa State athletics could be launched in time for the fall sports seasons.

A five-year agreement between Cyclones.tv and Mediacom Communications was announced last December, and a top executive says his company is making sure things go smoothly.

"We're just verifying, because it's going to be playing across the state on our fiber network," said Steve Purcell, a group vice president for Mediacom. "We're more or less making sure we've got the bandwidth and the capacity so there isn't any issues with the display of the channel." ...